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CLÀR

CLÀR is a Scottish Gaelic publisher. Established in 1996, the company is run on a voluntary, independent basis and based in Inverness, Scotland. It was the publisher for the Ùr-sgeul project, specialising in new Gaelic fiction.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1996Founded1
  • HeadquartersInverness1

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CLÀR is a Scottish Gaelic publisher. Established in 1996, the company is run on a voluntary, independent basis and based in Inverness, Scotland. It was the publisher for the Ùr-sgeul project, specialising in new Gaelic fiction.2

The story

Between 1996 and 2021, CLÀR published 80 Scottish Gaelic titles involving 90 different Gaelic authors, and was involved in Gaelic-only anthologies, poetry, short stories, fiction, non-fiction, autobiography and reference works, as well as the periodical STEALL, the BBC Radio nan Gàidheal-facilitated project Letter to an Unknown Soldier (Litir Chun an t-Saighdeir Gun Ainm: 14 – 18 Now project) and the Ùr-Sgeul Gaelic fiction series. Author and Gaelic campaigner Lisa Storey was involved in CLÀR since the company's inception, but has now moved on to Clò Phabaigh.

From Wikipedia’s article on CLÀR, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

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Timeline

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